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Every new mass shooting. it's only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. >> just another day in the united states of america. >> reporter: when there's an attack by an islamic extremist, we have no problem calling that terrorism. the american war on terror has identified a very specific enemy. in this case, the shooter in el paso was on a different kind of terrorist mission. this was homegrown domestic terrorism. the targeted murder of immigrants and latinos, to try to spread the ideology and the aims of white nationalism....

Was it a target of opportunity when he got to town looking for something to eat? that is something we are still waiting to find out. >> pete williams, our thanks. pete williams joining us from our washington bureau. just weeks before the deadly mass shootings this weekend, in july, fbi director chris wray was asked in the u.s. senate about the current threat of domestic terrorism. >> white supremacists were responsible for more homicides from 2016 than any other domestic terrorist movement. there is a concern that this is not being taken as seriously as it should be. >> our focus is on the v...

>> reporter: the mental illness argument is a convenient retreat, but it's not like other countries are free from mental illness or violent video games or disaffected youth or any of the other proxies we blame after every new mass shooting. it's only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. >> just another day in the united states of america. >> reporter: when there's an attack by an islamic extremist, we have no problem calling that terrorism. the american war on terror has identified a very specific enemy. in this case, the...

He's been thinking about this for at least a month. what we don't know is whether he had chosen that target. apparently it was el paso, but did he choose that walmart or was it a target of opportunity when he got to town looking for something to eat? that is something we are still waiting to find out. >> pete williams, our thanks. pete williams joining us from our washington bureau. just weeks before the deadly mass shootings this weekend, in july, fbi director chris wray was asked in the u.s. senate about the current threat of domestic terrorism. >> white supremacists were responsible for m...

>> i am struck by the fact that he posted something online. he post aid reference to an anti-semitic, white supremacist screed. discerning motive in these things almost feels like sacrilege, because who cares why you did it. on the other hand, these shootings are a domestic terrorist movement and we wouldn't be serving ourselves in terms of trying to head off the next one if we didn't recognize the connections between the previous ones. jacob, in terms of the gilroy impact, do you think it's inflecting the way that city is dealing with it to think of the implications, to think of why that guy ...